Traders Magazine: Using Confirmation Timing Can Be Significant for Trading Signals

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By incorporating confirmation dates at an earlier part of the earnings timeline, traders can have a preliminary look at how a company is performing, according to Christine Short, VP of Research at Wall Street Horizon.

According to Wall Street Horizon’s latest white paper: “The Earliest Indicator of Corporate Earnings: Using Confirmation Timing for Trading Signals”, there is valuable information to be gained by analyzing Confirmation Timing events and has seen that firms reporting earlier than usual exhibit positive abnormal returns. 

Likewise, companies that confirm later than average typically exhibit negative abnormal returns.